Boris Johnson’s political career ‘finished’ by PMQs
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Published 2024-04-02
Peter Mandelson and Daniel Finkelstein debate whether Boris Johnson could have survived as prime minister had he been upfront about the truth at PMQs. Polly Mackenzie explains why negative campaigning in elections can be so harmful.
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All Comments (21)
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The deceitful liar should be locked up. IMO. 🇬🇧✌
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The English Trump, owes the NHS £56,000,000/week and for ever as he promised on his big red bus. and dont forget his "Let the bodies pile high."
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People will never forgive him for having parties with his cronies while they couldn't hold the hand of a dying relative. The sheer audacity of him to think that he was better than anyone else in that the rules don't apply to him and to say he didn't understand the rules his government set!
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Alexander Boris "£53,000,000 for a bridge that doesn't exist" de Pfeffel Johnson
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Sunak never ever answers a Question from Starmer only talks about Corbyn!
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The way Mandelson handed over those eggs was like they were full of arsenic 😂😂
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What advantage is gained by having the PM answer ANY question when his ministers are alongside much better informed. What a waste of time. David mccabe dublin
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If you think Johnson would have 'survived', then you don't know the British people at all. They don't like liars, cheats and charlatans and it wouldn't matter how many times Johnson apologized. He's a dodo.
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The sound engineer still hasn't realised Mandelson needs turning up due to his interminable murmuring and Chorley needs turning down due to his ear splitting cackling
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Rather than "How to win an election", how about "Life after Politics" to help Daniel's (future ex -) colleagues?
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It's rich for a Tory pm to bring up Jimmy Saville considering Saville celebrated Christmas at Chequers with Maggie Thatcher.
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Class A-war criminal. Exactly why did they stretch Ribbentrop's neck ? Help me Boris i've forgotten.
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PMQ are a total waste of time as whoever is the PM never actually answers any of them and an undignified rabble of self important hucksters baying at each other.
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Other countries not having this "forensic, structured scrutiny of the PM"? Yes, so do other countries, except that we manage it without shouting, screaming and mockery. Now that Britain has so many challenges, I wish they could update their parliament into a modern civilized place that makes room for intelligent and constructive dialogues and solutions. I agree with the German questioning this weird British circus. Greetings from Scandinavia.
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Many parliaments have a PMQ. It just looks different in a system that is not first past the post
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Boris was way out of his depth
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I can remember a wonderful Voiceover by comedienne Janey Godley on Johnson leaving the commons for the last time. Full of clear comments and ending up with “don’t touch me, you stabbed me in the back! Where’s Nadine, I want Nadine?”. …….
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There once was a podcast of exception, Aging has-beens full of perception, It's almost as if, Too soft now not stiff, Nor hard enough to win an election.
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I liked the poem, thanks for another great episode.
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PMQs "holding Whitehall to account" ... also in an age when the standard playbook for dealing with a crisis is to bunker down and avoid all interviews ... the number of resignations that happen the night before PMQs is substantial !
